:.Millenium Development Goals

Goal #	Targets:
	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Reducing the proportion of people living on less than $1 a day to half. In 2001 there were 1.1 billion people in such condition Half the number of people who suffer from hunger.
	Achieve universal primary education Ensure that children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling. In 2000, 104 million school-age children were still not in school, 57 percent of them girls and 94 percent were in developing countries - mostly in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
	Promote gender equality and empower women Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and to all levels of education no later than 2015.
	Reduce Child Mortality Reduce by 2/3 the under-five mortality rate. In developing countries, one child in 10 dies before its fifth birthday. It is estimated that 10 million children die each year in the developing world, the vast majority from causes preventable through a combination of good care, nutrition, and medical treatment.
	Improve maternal health More than 50 million women suffer from poor reproductive health and serious pregnancy-related illness and disability. And every year more than 500,000 women die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth. This goal set out to reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio.
	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria are among the world''s biggest killers, and all have their greatest impact on poor countries and poor people. This goals sets out to: Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases
	Ensure Environmental Sustainability Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the losses of environmental resources. Halve by 2015 the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Have achieved by 2020 a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers.
	Build a global partnership for development Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system. It Includes a commitment to good governance, development, and poverty reduction - both nationally and internationally. Address the special needs of the least developed countries. Includes: tariff and quota-free access for least-developed countries' exports; enhanced programme of debt relief for HIPCs and cancellation of official bilateral debt; and more generous ODA for countries committed to poverty reduction. Address the special needs of landlocked countries and small island developing States (through the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States and the outcome of the twenty-second special session of the General Assembly). Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term. In cooperation with developing countries, develop and implement strategies for decent and productive work for youth. In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries. In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications.